The Lega believed and Carlos Martínez worked the miracle. Álex Millán became the hero of a Butarque turned into a true madhouse to seal a permanence that seemed impossible. On the other side was a Mirandés who fell with all the honors after having a great end to the season. And it is that a great header from Millán to a measured center from Dani Rodríguez and two goals disallowed for El Jebari due to millimetric offsides They decided the dramatic ‘final for salvation’ in a crowded Butarque and that condemned the ‘boars’ to relegation to First RFEFwhile the ‘pepineros’ remain with a lot of suffering in LaLiga Hypermotion… just one year after being relegated from the First Division.
With this spectacular header Álex Millán signed the salvation of Leganés
The hardest part of football was experienced in Butarque. Leganés and Mirandés, two clubs united by a friendship forged over the years, faced the same fate. Only one could keep his place in professional football. Leganés came out with more intensity and heart than football, pushed by a crowd that understood from the first minute what was at stake. However, control of the match was for the group of Antxon Muneta. So very soon the red team was about to take the lead in an unfortunate action for the locals: Ruben Pena tried to head a cross from the right and ended up sending the ball to the post with Juan Soriano already surpassed.
The tension marked a first half full of nerves. And in the time of added a El Jebari’s plank header off Hugo Novoa’s center It ended up inside the local goal and Miranda de Ebro began to celebrate the goal of permanence. However, the VAR intervened to detect a millimeter offside at the start of the action and annulled the goal, bringing the pepineros back to life.
Juan Cruz tries to stop Bauzá’s advance in a match
After the break, Lega took a step forward. Naim warned with a great shot at the turn that forced Juanpa to carry out a spectacular intervention. And shortly after, Jebari scored again after a cross this time from Juan Gutiérrezalthough on this occasion the offside was pointed out on the field by the assistant and confirmed by the VAR… although also ‘by the skin’.
And then the miracle came. It was the 70th minute when Butarque exploded. Dani Rodríguez placed a measured cross from the top of the area with his left foot and Álex Millán appeared between the center backs to connect an unstoppable header that unleashed madness in the stands.. 1-0 was worth a stay. own Alex Millan He rounded off the second with another header from a corner Juan Cruzbut the ball went just past the post. Mirandés continued searching until the end, but without finding the prize, as in a foul on the edge of the large area in which Bauza couldn’t beat insurance Juan Soriano.
The Leganés players celebrated Álex Millán’s goal in style
Until the final whistle there was suffering, nerves, tears and hope. Mirandés fought until the last second and was, probably, the team that did the most to avoid relegation of the four relegated, but football does not understand justice. Lega closes a season to forget, marked by mistakes, doubts and suffering. However, when he seemed doomed, he found the strength to get up. And on a night that will remain forever in the memory of Butarque, won its own Champions League: continue to be a professional football team.